Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en kopp

cup/kɔp/

Meaning

cup

In Swedish: liten skål (med öra) som man dricker ur

Forms

Forms of kopp
Singular, indefiniteen kopp
Singular, definitekoppen
Plural, indefinitekoppar
Plural, definitekopparna

kopp is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor kopp, den stora koppen. Check another noun

Practise kopp

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Is it en kopp or ett kopp?

kopp in a sentence

  • en kopp kaffe
    a cup of coffee
  • Hon tog sig en kopp kaffe / te
    She had [herself] a cup of coffee / tea

Words built with kopp

  • kaffekopp coffee cup

Questions

What does kopp mean in English?

kopp means “cup”.

Is it en kopp or ett kopp?

It is en kopp, and “the cup” is koppen.

What is the plural of kopp?

The plural of kopp is koppar, and the definite plural is kopparna.

Origin

From Old Swedish kop, from Old Norse koppr, probably from Middle Low German kop, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.

Nearby common words

kopp is number 1,798 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary